ARROYO v. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPS. CORP.


163 A.D.2d 9 (1990)

James Arroyo, Individually and as Administrator of The Estate of Jessica A. Arroyo, Deceased, and as Father and Natural Guardian of James Arroyo, Jr., an Infant, Appellant, v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

July 3, 1990


Siblings, 2 and 3 years old, were admitted to Bellevue Hospital for treatment of lead poisoning. They were placed in adjacent beds and intravenously administered calcium EDTA solution. The younger female sibling went into cardiac arrest and died, allegedly due to a failure to properly control the rate of flow of the solution by use of an infusion pump, thereby causing a sharp drop in blood pressure. It is alleged that the older male sibling observed his sister's physical...

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